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September 1986: The Vanilla Ice era begins

Top speed of the Mustang GT is now just under 150 mph

July 19, 2018

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The 1987 Ford Mustang made 225 hp and cost approximately $12,000. The IROC-Z Camaro was $1,500 more, notes author Phil Berg. It had a "super long-legged manual transmission," meaning at 55 mph it only revs at 1,500 rpm. At that speed, there is still passing power. Then, a revelation.

"It doesn't seem like any muscle car approach we're familiar with from Dearborn-it handles more like something from the land of cuckoo clocks and heady brew. Dare we call it European?"